Horses Eating Manure

Owners may become alarmed when they witness their horse start to eat either its own manure, or even manure from another horse. Typically this is seen in foals and other young horses and we talk about why they may exhibit this behavior. There is even some evidence that manure eating is beneficial to young horses and we briefly touch upon that. Then we switch the discussion of what to do when this behavior is observed in our adult horse population. Owners should be aware of the underlying causes of why an adult horse may begin to eat manure, and then we give some management tips on how to alleviate these causes. We also talk about some of the health concerns with horses that eat manure and what you can do to protect your horse. 

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